Overview

Country

Industry

Solution

Technology

Census Application and Geographic Information System Application
Function to synchronize the census data with the main server, and update of building/positional data utilizing GIS

Device

GALAXY Tab, GALAXY Tab 10.1

Business Solution

Utilisation of a census application and geographic information application to provide policy makers, businessmen and government with reliable statistical data

Optimum utilisation of equipment for convenient investigation, taking into account the size of the equipment, support for an external memory and battery life

Reinforcement of strategic cooperation with the solution provider through a successful POC (Proof Of Concept)

Challenges

Development of an interface with a GIS application program which was used for the existing iPad

Equipment size suitable for work relating to collection of censuses, support for an external memory, and long battery life

After-sales support service

Each census-taker carried a tablet which uses two solutions to transmit census data - census program and geographical information program and the goal was to ensure reliability.

Technology

Census application and geographical information system application

GALAXY Tab

GALAXY Tab 10.1

In collaboration with ESRI, the leading GIS solution provider, we have developed a new interface that makes the GIS iPad app compatible with GALAXY Tabs. Also, we strategically agreed with each other to ensure that the advantages of Galaxy Tab as a statistical survey device (size, support for an external memory and battery life) were acknowledged through a successful POC, and to utilise the same for statistical surveys in the future.

Benefits

Securement of reliable statistical data using GIS

Enhancement of convenience in census taking by utilizing improved hardware (size, support for an external memory, etc.)

in comparison to that of the existing iPad

This is not only a successful case study of having used smartphones for mobile census collection for the first time in the world, but also a major success in terms of e-commerce between a company and the government (B2G). It enabled the government to generate government-guaranteed statistical data by enhancing the reliability of data through utilisation of GIS, taking a step forward from the existing census collection method.